Horticulturist, small business owner, garden designer, husband, animal lover. I believe our gardens can help slow the extinction crisis and soothe our souls.
Joined October 2014
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15 Nov 2017
#monarch waystation I designed for @MonarchWashCo was approved as a Habitat Success Story by @MonarchsJV.
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23 Jan 2025
My good friend and musician, Tim, is fighting cancer. Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Please support this GoFundMe by donating or sharing if you can—every bit of help makes a difference. gofund.me/7847365c
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3 Dec 2024
I just donated to Xerces Society Inc! Will you join me in supporting their cause? secure.qgiv.com/for/xerces
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3 Dec 2024
Help support Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia by donating or retweeting. paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu…
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1 Dec 2024
So many species of birds and mammals relish crab apples, even Ring-necked Pheasants, as demonstrated by this hen. If you landscape for wildlife, I highly recommend including crab apple trees in your plan.
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28 Nov 2024
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃Grateful for the community of Dead Heads who keep the music and legacy of the Dead alive, sharing it far and wide.
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30 Nov 2024
A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
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27 Jul 2022
Things will be right in my mind when an expert like @DustinDemmer doesn't have to also maintain the plantings he designs/installs. If landscapers had the knowledge and experience to guide an ecological project with diverse native flora towards success, he could plant more sites.
26 Jul 2022
I am the regular maintenance crew 😂. I stop there a few times a year when I’m in town for other things. Someday I figure a grounds manager or administrator will want to turn it back into spireas and daylilies
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10 Sep 2022
My name is James Dillon and I promise to do what I can for the rest of my life to help insects, the backbone of Earth's ecosystems. Seeing Douglas Tallamy's presentation last night has reinvigorated my commitment. Now, off to create another layered garden with native plants...
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20 Oct 2022
I'm excited to follow and learn from Travis' cover crop experiences.
19 Oct 2022
The contrast of fresh green from the winter rye cover crop with the fall leaves seems like magic. ✨
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23 Oct 2022
Heuchera villosa flowers emerge from our study of native ground covers with evergreen foliage. Not seeing much mulch? Exactly.
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23 Oct 2022
This cohousing development views invertebrates as their neighbors too.
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5 Jan 2023
'Winter King' Hawthorn, a favorite of mine!
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11 Feb 2023
Looking back to late June of this meadow's 2nd year. We stack ALL the cards in favor of success. If one thing not perfect (ex. existing vegetation, turf grasses, weeds from the soil seed bank) = totally different outcome. We learned how to do this by attending NDAL symposiums.
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27 Nov 2024
If I were to redo this seeded meadow, I wouldn't change a thing. The absolute key here was beginning with a 100% bare soil situation with essentially zero starting weed competition or weed seed present in the seed bank. Pic 7/26
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27 Nov 2024
Going through the motions today, feeling crushed. Someone I've played chess with for 100 Sunday AM's decided to uninvite me after a 10 minute political conversation. No trying to understand the other person, just an end to the beautiful tradition, the friendship. Just like that.
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8 Sep 2019
Mystery solved! I'd been wondering what pollinates a Closed Bottle Gentian flower that never opens. Today I found out and was surprised that it was something as large as a bumblebee and that it spent a full minute inside before re-emerging. Nature is just too cool.
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26 Nov 2024
Another complete front yard removal, yes it's a postage stamp size, but it's gone, 🎶it's gone,🎶📢 the turf's all gone!
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26 Nov 2024
where I like to walk in the morning, to connect with nature and get my head right before the day. The Broomsedge makes a straw colored ribbon in the foreground.
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